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Definition of Accredited Investor

An Accredited Investor is defined by Rule 501 of Regulation D to be an individual (i.e. non-corporate) who has individual net worth, or joint net worth with the person's spouse, that exceeds $1 million at the time of investment.
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Alternatively, an individual can qualify as an accredited investor if he or she has income exceeding $200,000 in each of the two most recent years or joint income with a spouse exceeding $300,000 for those years and a reasonable expectation of the same income level in the current year.